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CPE-CAE Writing To Impress The Examiner
CPE-CAE Writing To Impress The Examiner
CPE-CAE Writing To Impress The Examiner
When it comes to the CPE and CAE writing exams, showing off your high level of English by using a wide
range of vocabulary and the most complicated grammar structures you learnt at school is not only ok
but a have-to-do. No time nor place for being simple and humble, really! You need to demonstrate how
good you are and how much you deserve to pass the exam by doing your very best.
Here there are some tips on how to enhance your text and make an excellent impression on the
examiner:
1. Avoid using plain common adjectives like "nice" or "interesting" when writing a book/film review.
Instead of writing "It is an interesting book with a nice argument." Try something like "It is a riveting
book, with a gripping plot and an unpreddictable ending."
Instead of:
"She told me the dress had been expensive but I didn´t believe her. I thought maybe she was joking."
Try:
"She told me the dress had been expensive but I didn´t believe her. I thought she was pulling my leg."
3 Use inversions when writing stories to make them more sophisticated and dramatic.
For example:
Little did I know of was about to happen that dark and stormy night...
Had I listened to my heart, I would have known that...( he was not a good man...)